GLASSES FOR FLOATERS

If you suffer from floaters in your eye, you might be wondering what they are and how you can help to minimise their effect. They can be a little alarming, especially if you’re seeing them for the first time. There are things you can do to help manage it, such as wearing glasses for floaters, but first it’s important to understand why floaters appear in your eye in the first place.

Floaters are essentially spots in your vision. They often look like black specks, strings or cobwebs that appear and seem to drift around when you move your eye. Floaters are mostly harmless, and occur due to age-related changes. As you get older, the vitreous inside your eye becomes more liquid. Fibres within the vitreous can clump together and cast shadows on your retina, resulting in floaters.

Floaters are most noticeable when you look at a plain bright background, including a blue sky or white wall.

Floaters will usually disappear by themselves, or simply just become less noticeable over time. However, on some occasions floaters can be a sign of an underlying problem. If you experience the following symptoms, you should seek medical advice:

• Experiencing a lot more floaters than usual
• Sudden onset of new floaters

Similarly, if you experience flashes of light in the same eye or you lose peripheral vision, you should speak to an eye specialist as soon as possible.

If floaters are particularly large or you have a number of them, and they begin to impair your vision, it is possible that your optometrist may recommend surgery or laser therapy to remove them.

Floaters are more noticeable in bright conditions; for this reason, wearing dark glasses can help to minimise the effects. Glasses for floaters often have a dark tint, in order to reduce glare and protect your vision from bright light conditions.

Xperio Polarised are the perfect glasses for floaters. This is because they are specially designed to eliminate glare, creating a more comfortable visual experience. These glasses for floaters can reduce glare on the road, ensuring that the effects of floaters in your eye are minimised so that you can feel confident behind the wheel.

Similarly, glasses for floaters can help reduce the reflection of bright light from water. So, whether you’re taking part in watersports or relaxing by the sea, you can enjoy it without noticeable floaters in your eye.